A leak in a main water riser of a multi-storey building can cause tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage before anyone notices. Metering data tells you water is flowing; it cannot tell you water is pooling on the floor of a riser cupboard on level 9.
Immediate alerts the moment water appears where it shouldn't
Smart Metering now offers dedicated physical leak detection for critical points in a building: main risers, plant rooms, service cupboards, and anywhere a leak would be expensive or hard to spot.
How It Works
- Spot sensors detect water at a single critical location
- Cable sensors detect water anywhere along their length, ideal for running alongside risers and pipe corridors
- Sensors communicate wirelessly over the building's existing LoRaWAN network, with no cabling back to a central panel
- The moment water is detected, automated alerts go out by email or text
- All sensor data feeds into the same cloud platform as your meters, giving one view of the building's entire water health
Where it fits
- High-rise and multi-storey apartment buildings, where a riser leak on an upper floor can damage every apartment below it and where insurers and building managers increasingly expect early detection
- Plant rooms and pump rooms
- Any concealed space where a leak could run undetected
Part of a multi-layer approach
This service is the third layer of Smart Metering's leak detection platform, alongside daily reconciliation of the main supply meter against all unit meters, and 24/7 leak and burst alarms on every individual meter. No other approach gives a building owner visibility from the boundary meter down to a single wet floor in a riser cupboard.